Typographic machine.



R. M. BEDELL.

TYPOGRAPHIG MAOHINB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1911.

1,076,1 84, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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l/Vl/E/VTOI? g five/mm) M, BEDELL ATTORNEY R. M. BEDELL.

TYPOGRAPHIO MAO HINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1911.

1,076,184. Patented Oct. .21, 1913.

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WITNESSES: l/VVE/VTOR 4i? RICH/U70 M. BEDELL A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PA? RICHARD M. BEDELL, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB, TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A ooRPoRArIoN or NEW YORK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD M. BEDELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of, Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of many stood that as to all features not shown or described, they may be identical therewith, or with any other similar construction. In

each of these said patents a series of magazines s employed in order that matter of variant faces may be composed in the mannerwell known in the art, by a proper selection time several fonts therein contained.

is also common and well known to provide means whereby the individual magazin s of such a series may be removed and replaced by others in order still further to diversify the characters or faces.

My present invention relates to means whereby these individual magazines may be conveniently and readily mounted in operative position, and. when desired may be easily interchanged for others 'in the man per previously referred to.

To this end, and more specifically, I prefer to "mount each magazine upon individual supporting means, andto employ in connection therewith a locking device which maintains the magazine in position thereon, and

which whe niinlocked permits the removal Ordiof the magazine in its normal plane.

narily and inthe linotype'referred to, they indiyidual magazines are mounted in an inclined position and rest at their forward [,ends upon'a cross bar connected to the main frame. Upon thiscrossbar the locking "device is preferably mounted and may be moyed into operative or noperative pos t on a will. VYhen' the parts are unlocked, the

magazine may be sli'd forwardly and downwardly overthe supportingbar in its normal plane, th-isiacition assisted by grav- Specification of Letters Patent.

respects like that illustrated in the said Letters Patent, and it is to be under-l TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Application filed July 15, 1911. Serial No. 638,611.

ity, due to the inclination of the magazine. After its removal another magazine may be substituted therefor by reversing the operation just described.

The ability to remove the magazine in its normal'plane is of great importance, and principally for the reason that in many previous arrangements it has been necessary to lift it from its ordinary position before removal. Thus for instance, in one type of machine it was customary to superimpose the magazines one upon another, and in order that they might be held'in proper relation, they were provided respectively with projections and sockets which held them securely in place. In another form, the inclined magazines were individually mounted upon supporting frames and were held in proper position thereon by ledges or'proiect'i'ons on the frames. In both of these cases 'it is necessary toelevate the magazine in order to free or clear it, and before it can beremoved from the machine. Such manipulation is entirely ob viated by the arrangement herein set forth, and wherein when the magazine is disconnected from its support a proper operation of the locking device, it maybe slid thereover and rem'oved'in' the manner hereinafter more specifically to'beklescribedi I am'also aware that it isold in the art to remove magazines laterally and substantially in their normal planes, and I lay no claim to such an arrangement in tliepresent case, which more specifically considered contemplates their removal downwardly and in their normal 'R e ferring'to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of sufficient of a hnotype machine to illustrate the application of my invention thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially on theline'22 of Fig. 1; Fig.

3 anenlarged' sectional detail view taken substant ally on the line 3 3 of F g; 4; and F g. {I is a perspective view of the magazine and its supporting bar dissociated, giving a liottc-m view of the former and a plan view of the latter.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. l illus- (rates a portion of a linotype maehine such as is shown in the Rogers Patent, No. 9301393, previously referred to, and wherein the front frame or plate D swings about a vertical pivot in order to give access to the interior parts. Any number of magazines may be employed in connection therewith, although for present purposes only one, A, is more particularly described. its central and rear portions may be supported in any desired manner, such for instance as in the patents previtmsly mentioned, although at its front end it is herein shown as resting upon the cross bar B suitably mounted in the main frame E. The magazine A is provided with the brace A which normally enters and rests in the transverse slot B formed in the bar B (see Fig. 1). The magazine is )referably mounted in inclined position, as in tl e patents above referred to, and in order to hold it in relation to the supporting bar B, the latter is provided with the locking piece C, which is slidably mounted in the groove B formed in said bar. In order to hold the piece C firmly in operative position, the groove B is preferably formed with an under cut or dovetail B (see Fig. 3), and the slide C is similarly shaped, holding pieces 13*, B", being employed to insure the correct relations of the parts. The slide C is provided with a handle C whereby it may be moved across the slot B so as to engage the brace A of the magazine A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thereby holding the magazine in place, or so as to clear the slot B as shown in Fig. 4. In the latter condition of the parts, the magazine F may he slid forwardly over the bar B in its normal plane, and another magazine may be substituted therefor, after which the slide C is again returned to its normal or looking position. It will be understood, of course, that the frame I) will be swung outward during this change of magazine, in the manner indicated in the Rogers Patent, No. 930,693.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. The combination of a magazine and supporting means therefor, with a movable locking device to support the magazine in normal position thereon and which when moved permits the forward removal of the magazine in its normal plane.

2. The combination of an inclined magazinc and supporting means therefor, with a movable locking device to support the magazine in its inclined normal position thereon and which when moved perfmits the downward removal of the magazine in its normal plane.

3. The combination of a magazine and supporting means therefor, with a movable locking device to support the magazine in normal position thereon and which when moved permits the forward removal of the magazine in its normal plane and from the said supporting means.

In combination, a magazine, the main frame, and a. bar to support the magazine, together with a movable locking device to support the magazine in normal relationto the bar, and. which when moved permits the forward removz l. of the magazine in its normal plane.

5. In combination, a magazine, the main frame, and a bar to support the magazine, together with a movable locking device to support the magazine in normal relation to the bar, and which when moved permits the removal of the magazine in its normal plane and over the said bar.

(3. In combination, a magazine, the main frame, and a support for the magazine, together with a locking device mounted upon the said support and adapted to hold the magazine in normal relation thereto, and which when unlocked permits the removal of the magazine in its normal plane.

7. In combination, a magazine, the main frame, and a bar to support the magazine, together with a locking device mounted upon the said bar and adapted to hold the magazine in normal relation thereto, and which when unlocked permits the removal of the magazine in its normal plane and over the said bar.

8. In combination, a magazine, the main frame, and a support for the magazine, together with a locking device slid-ably mounted upon the said support and adapted to sustain the magazine in normal relation thereto, and which when slid to its unlocking position permits the removal of the magazine.

9. In a linotype machine, the combination of a magazine, a supporting bar therefor, and a locking device slidably mounted in a groove in said bar to hold the magazine in its normal position, and which when slid to its unlocking position permits the removal of the magazine.

10. In a linotype machine, the combination with the magazine A provided with a piece A of a bar B formed with the notch B to receive the piece A and with the groove B and the locking piece C slidably mounted in said groove.

11. In a linotype machine, the combination of the magazine A, the bar B to support the magazine and having the dove-tail groove E the locking slide C mounted in said dove-tail groove, and the piece B to hold the locking slide in position.

12. The combination of a supporting In testimony whereof I hereunto set my frame a magazine supported thereon in an hand this fourteenth day of July, 1911, in 10 inclined position and adapted to slide outthe presence of two attesting Witnesses.

\vardlv by gravity, and a movable stop device RICHARD M BEDELL seiving to check the outwai d movement of the magazine said movable stop device be- -Witnesses:

ing adapted to be Withdrawn and thus to JAMns J. CARROLL,

release the magazine. EUGENE DONOVAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

